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RHODE  ISLAND  STATE  COLLEGE 


VOL.  VII.  NO.  2 


FOR  AUGUST,  1911 


THE  POULTRY  SCHOOL 


January  3rd  to  February  I5th»  \9\2 


POULTRY  INSTRUCTION  BUILDING. 


PUBLISHED  QUARTERLY  BY  THE  COLLEGE 

MAY,  AUGUST,  NOVEMBER,  FEBRUARY 


ENTERED  AT  KINGSTON,  RHODE  ISLAND,  AS  SECOND  -  CLASS  MATTER 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
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FACULTY. 


HOWARD  EDWARDS,  President. 

GEORGE  EDWARD  ADAMS,  Professor, 

Soils  and  Fertilizers. 

JOHN  BARLOW,  Professor 

Zoology,  Embryology,  ^Physiology  and  Parasites. 

FRED  S.  PUTNEY,  Professor 

Animal  Husbandry,  Farm  Animals. 

THOMAS  CARROLL  RODMAN,  Instructor 
Carpentry  and  Construction. 

DANIEL  JOSEPH  LAMBERT,  Instructor 

Poultry  Craft ;  with  immediate  charge  of  the  Poultry  Farm, 


Lectures* 

Poultry  Course^  1911. 


E.  W.  Brown,  Old  Mystic,  Conn.,  Poultry  Instruction. 

George  A.  Cosgrove,  Willington,  Conn.,  A  One  Man  Poultry  Farm. 

T.  F.  Dexter,  Providence,  R.  I.,  Mating  and  Breeding  Leghorns. 

Samuel  Knowles,  Lexington,  Mass.,  Poultry  Keeping  as  an  Avocation. 

John  H.  Robinson,  Boston,  Mass.,  Poultry  Houses.  Feeding.  Breed¬ 
ing.  Three  lectures. 

F.  L.  Sewell,  Niles,  Mich.,  Standard  Types.  Two  lectures.  Illustrated. 

Henry  D.  Smith,  Rockland,  Mass.,  Capons  and  Caponizing.  Three  lec¬ 
tures  and  a  demonstration. 

F.  H.  Stoneburn,  Storrs,  Conn.,  The  Good,  Bad,  and  Indifferent  Ad¬ 
vertised  Systems  of  Poultry  Keeping. 

E.  Collins  Tefft,  Wakeheld,  R.  I,,  Poultry  and  Fruit  Culture.  Two 
lectures. 

Carroll  H.  Magoon,  Kingston,  R.  I.,  Plans  of  Poultry  Farms.  Esti¬ 
mates  OF  Income.  Two  lectures. 


The  Study  of  Poultry  Keepingf 


is  now  one  of  the  most  popular  short-course  subjects.  Nearly  all 
agricultural  colleges  recognize  its  importance  and  include  some 
work  along  this  line  in  their  regular  schedule.  The  care  of  fowls 
and  rearing  of  chickens  offers  a  healthful  out-door  occupation  of 
a  most  agreeable  nature  and  of  much  greater  fascination  than  or¬ 
dinary  farm  work.  The  business  is  one  that  may  be  engaged  in  with 
a  small  capital  and  be  made  profitable  from  the  start  when  rightly 
conducted.  Of  the  truth  of  this  we  have  numerous  examples  in 
this  and  adjoining  states.  The  failures  can  usually  be  attributed 
to  a  lack  of  knowledge  on  the  part  of  the  poultry  keeper  rather 
than  any  fault  of  the  industry. 

The  Rhode  Island  State  College  was  the  first  to  inaugurate  a 
special  poultry  course,  and  this  has  now  been  held  annually  for 
fourteen  years.  W e  have,  of  course,  improved  our  facilities  from 
time  to  time,  adding  modern  equipment  as  the  succeeding  years 
required.  We  have  also  increased  the  number  of  incubators  and 
houses  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  growing  classes.  Our  gradu¬ 
ates  are  in  constant  demand  and  many  have  gone  to  good  posi¬ 
tions  as  poultry  managers,  even  though  some  had  no  experience 
in  this  line  before  coming  here,  while  others  are  now  owners  of 
large  and  successful  poultry  farms.  Any  persons  interested  in 
poultry  keeping  will  find  this  course  a  good  place  to  make  them 
decide  what  they  want  to  do.  Owners  of  poidtry  farms  who  have 
men  or  women  without  this  special  training,  whether  they  have 
had  experience  or  not,  will  find  it  a  good  investment  to  send  them 
here  for  six  weeks. 

This  Poultry  Course 

is  designed  to  show  the  students  how  to  make  the  right  kind  of  a 
start  for  practical  poultry  work,  to  teach  them  where,  how  and 
when  to  begin,  how  to  build  poultry  houses  and  yards,  hatch,  rear, 


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care  for  and  feed  all  kinds  of  poultry,  how  to  fatten,  kill,  dress, 
and  market  chickens  to  best  advantage,  how  to  mate,  breed,  ex¬ 
hibit  and  judge  fancy  x^oultry,  and  make  a  living,  if  they  wish,  from 
this  business.  In  fact,  our  aim  is  to  train  and  qualify  every  stu¬ 
dent  in  some  particular  branch  of  the  work  so  that  every  one  will 
be  efficient  and  successful  in  his  specialty.  All  lectures  are  sup¬ 
plemented  so  far  as  possible  by  practical  illustrations  with  fowls 
and  the  use  of  appliances.  Every  student  is  urged  to  ask  ques¬ 
tions  and  take  part  in  the  discussions.  Certificates  of  attendance 
are  issued  to  those  who  complete  the  course  satisfactorily.  Regu¬ 
lar  attendance  at  all  class  and  laboratory  exercises  will  be  re¬ 
quired. 

Breeds  of  Poultry 

We  have  thirteen  breeds  and  eighteen  varieties,  including  ducks 
and  geese.  Of  these  we  keep  enough  specimens  for  a  good  trial  and 
representation  so  as  to  show  the  utility  value  as  well  as  the  ex¬ 
hibition  i^oints.  Special  studies  are  given  in  the  comparison  of 
breeds,  both  as  to  their  standard  requirements  and  their  adapta¬ 
bility  for  market  purposes.  The  merits  and  defects  of  each  breed 
and  variety  are  thoroughly  discussed  according  as  it  tends  toward 
an  exhibition  bird,  a  table  fowl  or  an  egg  producer.  So  far  as 
possible  each  member  of  this  special  short  course  will  be  given 
the  care  of  a  pen  of  fowls,  an  incubator  and  a  brooder.  They  are 
given  choice  of  varieties  not  already  assigned  when  they  enter  the 
class. 

The  Buildings 

include  the  hall,  see  illustration,  page  1,  with  office,  lecture  room, 
dormitory,  study  and  reading  room,  bath  room,  coat  room,  incu¬ 
bator  cellar  (containing  twenty-seven  incubators,  some  new  and 
others  recently  repaired),  egg  room,  feed  and  operating  rooms. 
These  are  all  designed  and  arranged  for  the  use  and  convenience 
of  the  students. 

The  brooder  house  adjoining  is  16  x  96  feet,  is  steam-heated 
and  contains  eighteen  pens  with  separate  hover  for  each.  This 
brooder  house  can  be  entered  from  hall  without  going  out  of  doors 


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and  is  especially  adapted  for  class  work  during  tlie  winter.  We 
also  have  some  out-door  brooders  for  use  when  weather  permits. 

There  are  twenty-eight  pens  for  laying  and  breeding  stock,  in¬ 
cluding  many  different  styles  and  sizes,  stationary  and  portable, 
fresh  air  and  scratching  shed  plans.  Also  numerous  small  houses 
used  for  growing  chickens. 

The  Curriculum 

includes  text-book  studies  on  all  branches  of  poultry  keeping, 
lectures,  demonstrations  and  discussions  on  each  subject.  Prac¬ 
tical  work  will  be  given  in  incubation,  brooding,  housing,  yarding, 
mating,  breeding,  selecting  and  packing  eggs  for  hatching,  rear¬ 
ing  broilers,  caponizing,  egg  production,  feeds  and  feeding,  fat¬ 
tening,  killing,  picking,  dressing,  marketing,  conditioning,  show¬ 
ing,  scoring,  judging,  keeping  accounts  and  making  building 
plans.  There  will  be  studies  in  rearing  roasters,  fowls,  ducks, 
turkeys  and  geese.  Also  lessons  in  printing  for  poultrymen,  ad¬ 
vertising,  location  of  farm,  methods  of  drainage  and  general  man¬ 
agement. 

While  this  is  primarily  a  poultry  course,  instruction  on  kindred 
subjects  will  be  given  by  members  of  the  college  faculty,  includ¬ 
ing  lectures  on  soil  agronomy,  farm  crops,  farm  animals,  rotations 
for  poultry  farms,  fertilizers  and  manures,  embryology  and  the 
anatomy  of  the  domestic  fowl,  erection  of  poultry  houses,  carpen¬ 
try  and  joinery.  Special  subjects  are  assigned  to  the  most  suc¬ 
cessful  specialists  whom  we  can  secure  to  come  here  and  lecture. 

About  three  and  one-half  hours  daily  will  be  allotted  for  regular 
poultry-yard  work,  divided  between  the  time  immediately  before 
breakfast,  dinner,  and  supper,  see  schedule,  next  page.  The  even¬ 
ings  will  be  devoted  to  a  review  of  studies,  round  the  table  dis¬ 
cussions,  debates  and  entertainments.  These  will  be  in  charge  of 
members  of  the  class,  who  organize  at  the  start  for  this  purpose. 
This  club  continues  indefinitely,  taking  charge  of  all  evening 
meetings  and  conducting  the  annual  poultry  show  held  the  last 
four  days. 


Sample  Schedule. 


Period, 

A.  M. 

Monday. 

Tuesday. 

Wednes¬ 

day. 

Thursday. 

Friday. 

Saturday. 

1st  Period  . 

Farm  Animals. 

An.  Husb .  . 

Farm  Animals. 

Poultry. 

2d 

Soils . 

Biology. .  .  . 

Biology .... 

jFarm  Animals. 
Biology . 

Farm  Crops .  . 

3d  “  ) 

Woodwork 

Agriculture. 

Woodwork 

Excursions 

and 

and 

and  Demon¬ 

4th  “  ^ 

Drafting . 

Poultry .... 

Agriculture.  .  . 

Drafting . 

strations. 

P.  M. 

1 

1:30 

Poul.  Husb.  . 

Poul.  Husb. 

Poul.  Hu.sb. 

Poul.  Husb .... 

Biology . 

2:25 

Poul.  Husb 

3:2  0 

.. 

.. 

“ 

“  “  1 

7:00  A.  M.,  12:15  and  4:15  care  of  incubators  and  brooders,  pen  practice. 

Chapel. — Wednesday,  9:10.  All  persons  are  expected  to  attend. 

Recitation  periods.  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Friday — 8:20,  9:15,  10:10,  11:05. 
Wednesday.— 8:20,  9:10,  9:.30,  10:30,  11:10. 

Meals. — Breakfast,  7:30;  dinner,  12:50;  supper,  0:30.  Please  be  prompt. 

All  recitations  and  lectures  will  be  held  in  recitation  room,  poultry  building,  except  the  follow¬ 
ing: — -Woodwork  and  drafting,  carpenter  shop.  Biology,  Davis  Hall. 


Excursions 

to  typical  poultry  farms  are  plaimed  for  each  Saturday.  We  usu¬ 
ally  visit  one  good  poultry  show  during  the  course.  These  trips 
offer  excellent  opportunities  for  the  student  to  see  the  actual 
operations  of  practical  poultry  yards  and  talk  with  those  who  are 
making  a  success  of  the  business.  Nearby  farms  are  visited  with 
college  teams  without  additional  cost  to  the  students.  The  ex¬ 
penses  of  the  more  distant  trips  are  made  as  low  as  [lossible  and  it 
is  optional  with  every  student  whether  he  or  she  goes  or  not. 


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The  Probable  Cost: — 


College  Charges:  minimum 

Matriculation  fee .  12.00 

Laboratory  fees,  including-  eggs,  poultry, 

food  and  lumber  for  practicums ....  8.00 

Tuition  fee  (no  tuition  for  resident  of 

Rhode  Island) .  0.00 

Miscellaneous — drawing  instruments, 

stationery,  etc.,  estimated .  5.00 

Living  Expenses: 

Roard  for  six  weeks  at  $3.75  per  week. . .  22.50 

Room  rent  for  six  weeks .  3.00 


MAXIMUM 

$2.00 

8.00 

5.00 


5.00 


22.50 


15.00 


Expenses  for  railroad  fare,  excursions,  and  laundry  can  be 
added  to  the  above.  Students  desiring  to  take  only  a  portion  of 
the  course,  will  pay  the  matriculation  fee  of  $2.00  ;  laboratory  fee, 
according  to  the  work  taken  ;  and  also,  if  a  non-resident  of  the 
State,  a  tuition  fee  of  $1.50  per  week. 

Matriculation  fee  is  payable  at  time  of  enrollment ;  other  charges 
due  the  college  are  payable  in  advance  on  day  of  registration. 
Visitors  are  invited  to  attend  any  or  all  of  the  lectures  during  the 
course. 

Wednesday,  January  3d,  19J2 

This  course  will  begin  and  continue  six  weeks.  Prospective 
students  should  register  on  or  before  Tuesday,  January  2d. 
This  class  promises  to  be  the  largest  and  best  ever  held  in  the 
state;  we  had  some  entries  more  than  six  months  prior  to  open¬ 
ing  date.  Open  to  both  sexes.  Applicants  must  be  at  least  eigh¬ 
teen  years  of  age.  No  entrance  examination  required.  Students 
should  come  provided  with  storm  clothes  for  outdoor  pen  practice 
during  inclement  weather,  and  overalls  or  work  aprons  for  use 
while  killing  and  dressing  poultry.  The  rooms  in  the  dormitory 
contain  beds,  pillows  and  mattresses.  Students  should  bring 
pillow  slips,  sheets,  blankets  and  comfortables. 


*  The  lower  figure  is  for  rooms  in  the  Poultry  Students’  Dortnitory,  the  higher  for  rooms 
in  the  village. 


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The  Seventh  Annual  Poultry  Show  will  be  held  at  the  college, 
February  13,  14  and  15,  1912,  under  the  auspices  of  the  1912 
poultry  class.  They  will  also  have  the  privilege  of  selecting,  pre¬ 
paring  and  exhibiting  birds  from  the  college  poultry  yards,  com¬ 
peting  with  the  other  students  for  the  prizes.  There  is  usually  a 
good  display  from  breeders  of  the  various  varieties  throughout 
the  state.  Numerous  special  prizes  are  donated  to  the  members 
by  Rhode  Island  poultrymen  and  dealers,  as  an  incentive  to  good 
work.  There  are  no  entry  fees,  no  admission  charges,  both  are  free. 

The  State  Board  of  Agriculture  will  hold  its  annual  Washing¬ 
ton  County  Poultry  Institute,  in  the  Assembly  Hall  at  the  college, 
February  15th,  1912.  Two  sessions,  morning  and  afternoon.  Pro¬ 
grams  will  be  mailed  in  due  time. 

Kingston^  Rhode  Island, 

Is  on  ti  e  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.  R.,  Shore  Line  Division,  27  miles 
from  Providence,  and  161  miles  east  of  New  York  City.  Nearly 
all  trains  stop  at  this  station,  so  that  the  college  is  within  easy 
access  from  either  direction.  The  college  buildings  are  on  a  hill, 
one  and  one-half  miles  from  the  station,  commanding  an  extended 
view  of  the  surrounding  country,  a  location  both  healthful  and 
beautiful.  The  college  conveyances  will  meet  the  principal  trains 
at  the  station,  January  2,  1912. 

The  First  Poultry  Course 

In  America  was  held  at  this  college,  and  we  have  continued  this 
special  class  every  winter.  We  have  no  other  special  poultry 
course  during  the  school  year,  and  have  shortened  this  to  six 
weeks  to  accommodate  those  who  cannot  afford  a  longer  absence 
from  their  business.  Previous  students  have  been  men  and  women 
of  nearly  all  ages,  from  various  countries  and  walks  of  life.  Some 
of  these  have  been  persons  beyond  middle  age,  retired  from  busi¬ 
ness  and  active  work,  or  desirous  of  change  of  occupation  to 
something  more  healthful,  pleasant,  and  profitable.  We  now  have 
special  accommodations  with  homelike  surroundings  for  a  limited 
number  of  women  students.  We  have  had  representatives  from 
sixteen  States  and  eleven  foreign  countries.  No  matter  what  your 


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trade,  business,  or  profession,  if  you  wish  to  gain  a  knowledge 
of  the  poultry  industry  in  a  practical  way,  a  good  character, 
a  fair  understanding  of  the  English  language,  and  the  rudiments 
of  a  common  school  education  are  all  that  will  be  required  other 
than  as  previously  stated.  Early  application  is  advised  if  you 
wish  to  secure  a  room  in  the  Poultry  Students’  Dormitory.  The 
$2.00  matriculation  fee  must  accompany  your  enrollment. 

The  Division  of  Biology  of  the  Experiment  Station 

Is  engaged  in  the  study  of  poultry  disease  problems  relating  to 
nutrition  and  breeding,  including  cross-breeding,  hybridization 
and  egg  production.  The  breeding  work  of  the  station  also  in¬ 
volves  studies  dealing  with  pigeons  and  pheasants.  The  work  in 
the  study  of  blackhead  of  turkeys  furnishes  excellent  opportunity 
for  observing  methods  of  handling  and  raising  several  varieties 
of  these  birds.  The  investigational  work  on  poultry  diseases  af¬ 
fords  a  limited  opportunity  to  observe  the  nature  and  method  of 
handling  certain  diseases  such  as  white  diarrhea,  brooder  pneu¬ 
monia  and  fowl  cholera.  The  Experiment  Station  incubator  and 
brooder  houses  are  open  daily,  and  the  assistants  in  charge  are 
always  ready  to  explain  to  visitors  the  work  under  way.  Poultry 
students  are  expected  periodically  to  inspect  the  stock,  and  are 
invited  to  familiarize  themselves  with  certain  of  the  experiments. 
The  station  equipment  further  consists  of  seventeen  colony  houses, 
and  a  hospital  building,  devoted  to  the  study  of  poultry  diseases 
and  to  surgical  work  in  connection  with  poultry  diseases  and 
breeding  problems. 

College  Graduates  and  Poultry  Craft* 

The  attention  of  our  State  Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experi¬ 
ment  Stations  is  turning  more  and  more  toward  poultry  craft. 
The  increased  valuation  and  importance  of  the  poultry  and  egg 
product  demand  recognition  from  all  who  are  interested  in  agri¬ 
cultural  instruction  or  investigation.  The  demand  for  men  with 
an  agricultural  college  education  and  a  working  knowledge  of 
poultry  matters  is  growing  rapidly,  and  our  courses  offer  special 
inducements  to  such  men. 


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Full  Four- Year  Colle§:e  Courses* 

The  short  poultry  course  is  specialized  to  the  last  degree.  It 
is  designed  for  men  and  women  already  in  business  or  under  the 
necessity  of  immediately  engaging  in  business.  It  pays  however, 
in  the  long  run,  to  take  a  full  college  course,  and  we  earnestly 
recommend  it,  especially  to  the  young. 

This  College  offers  thorough-going  courses  (four  years  in  length) 
in 

Agriculture — with  options  in 
Agronomy, 

Horticulture, 

Animal  Husbandry. 

Engineering — with  options  in 

Mechanical  Engineering, 

Electrical  Engineering, 

Civil  Engineering, 

Chemical  Engineering. 

Teachers’  Course  in  Applied  Science — with  options  in 

Agriculture, 

Chemistry, 

Biology. 

Home  Economics  for  Women. 

These  courses  all  lead  to  the  B.  S.  degree.  While  giving  cul¬ 
ture  and  training,  they  prepare  for  actual  life.  Look  up  the  col¬ 
lege  equipment.  See  if,  for  yourself  or  a  friend,  a  full  course  at 
this  College  is  not  just  what  you  need. 

Address  Howard  Edwards,  Pres.,  K.  I.  State  College,  Kingston, 

B.  I. 


